Packers' Aaron Rodgers to appear at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards show

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be the featured guest at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards. The event, which recognizes many of the state’s top athletes, coaches and teams, will take place May 11 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay.(Photo: Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis)

He’s a two-time NFL MVP, a Super Bowl champion and one of the game’s greats.

And he’s all ours – for what figures to be one very memorable evening.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be the featured guest as part of the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards show, our recognition of everything prep sports as we salute standout athletes, coaches and teams from high schools in the Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids markets for their achievements during the 2017-18 school year.

You think you’re excited? Excuse us while we do a few touchdown celebrations of our own.

The show, sponsored by Bellin Health and Festival Foods and presented by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, will take place May 11 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay.

Festivities are slated to kick off with a red-carpet event at 6 p.m. The awards show, hosted by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin’s Brett Christopherson and Ricardo Arguello, will begin at 7 p.m.

Rodgers is looking to keep the Packers in NFC playoff contention as they face the Carolina Panthers on Sunday in a critical Week 15 matchup.

He’s expected to make his first start after missing the previous seven games because of a broken collarbone, which he sustained Oct. 15 at Minnesota.

Rodgers is one of just nine players in NFL history with multiple league MVP honors. He guided the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, throwing for 304 yards and three touchdowns en route to being named the game’s MVP.

The 34-year-old Rodgers was off to a stellar start this season before breaking his right collarbone. He had tossed a league-high 13 TDs and thrown for 1,367 yards as the Packers bolted to a 4-1 start.

Nominated fall athletes should have been notified by their coach or athletic director and given instructions on how to RSVP. Winter and spring nominees, along with our premier award honorees, will be announced once they’ve been determined.